Celebrity Online trolling is on the rise, as digital media continues to evolve,
celebrities are now more accessible than ever. This goes hand in hand with the publics’
ability to share their opinions directly through social media.
Hiding behind screens and spouting opinions, these online trolls have real-world
consequences with their disruptive comments and this is the part we need to focus on.
Negative dominated positive sentiment in our analysis, proving that people are thinking
less and less of the human ramifications of their words and taking pleasure in damaging
lives.
In 2020, it seems more than ever that trolls are just accepted as a part of the digital
world, but is it time we stopped rising to their hate? Harassment in the digital world
should be treated as any other offence. So what can you do if you are the victim of
online trolling? It is recommended that you check your privacy settings to secure your
social media, and then block, delete and report the accounts trolling you. It is
imperative that you do not engage with the trolls and if at any time you feel threatened
you should report the online abuse to the police.
If you think you're being cyberbullied and need help, here is where you can seek advice:
https://www.cybersmile.org/advice-help/category/who-to-call
Methodology
We analysed the social sentiment of a list of celebrities on Twitter from November 1st
2019 to January 7th 2020, reviewing over 500,000 tweets using Falcon.io
. From this we ranked the celebrities with over 30+ mentions for their sentiment
analysing if positive, neutral or negative terms were used towards them.